The Final Leg

With the 2025 Indoor season kicking off soon, as well as the recent announcement of Marcell Jacobs running at the new Balance indoor grand Prix and Trayvon Bromell announcing his intention to compete for a world indoor title, lets discuss who will be competing in the 60m Dash throughout 2025? -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODC...

Olympic Silver Medalist and former World Record Holder Keni Harrison looks to be leaving Bobby Kersee in LA to train in Arizona with the ALTIS group. Keni Harrison's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DETOhgrS9tC/?hl=en&img_index=1 -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥...

Lets discuss how Yohan Blake's 100m Gold at the 2011 World Championships put Jamaica's sprint depth on display for the world -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠ 🎧⁠Subscri...

Today Let's Discuss the the Greatest American 100m Sprinters of All-Time on the Women's side. -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠ 🎧⁠Subscribe and leave a review on Apple...

Lets discuss how Yohan Blake is generally compared amongst other legendary sprinters in the 200m dash. 200m Top-10 Averages: https://x.com/NS_GMS/status/1867373402262319400 -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Ins...

Lets Breakdown my PERSONAL Top-10 Sprint, Jump, Hurdle competitions of the 2024 Olympic Season, including a few honorable mentions. -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠ 🎧⁠...

World Athletics recently announced that the Mixed 4x100m Relay will be introduced at the 2025 World Relays as well as the 2026 World Ultimate Championships. Is another mixed relay a good idea for track & Field. -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The F...

LaShawn Merritt is well known for his career and accolades in the 400m, but his success over 200m is often overlooked USATF Podcast: https://youtu.be/NQxKR00a0_Y?si=9cCo78lkxjJoEstA&t=506 -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channe...

Australia's Gout Gout recently broke Usain Bolt's 16 year-old 200m World record with his 20.04. that also took down the 56 year old Australian record of 20.06 set by Peter Norman back in 1968. But outside of the performances, Gout Gout represents our love for track & field -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on...

Noah Lyles recently said no one cares about the 200m dash. Though its a harsh blanket statement when taken at face value, in context, is he actually wrong? Full Interview on Lets Run: https://youtu.be/Mf4QjDaaIRw?si=F7Kn1YwdDvn9g7ad -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠...

The 2025 Track and Field calendar is packed with a ton for meets, from World Indoor and Outdoor Championships, to the Diamond League and Grand Slam Track, to World Relays and National Championships. Will fans, athletes, coaches and everyone else be able to effectively manage the schedule? -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST...

At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Letsile Tebogo became Botswana's first ever Olympic Champion when he won the gold medal in the 200m Dash. A few weeks later at the Brussels Diamond League, I spoke with Letsile and he noted that he does not like being a superstar and all the attention he has gotten in the weeks after his gold medal performance. Now a few months removed, his life seems to have chang...

Netflix released SPRINT season 2 on November 13th, months after the end of the 2024 track season was complete. Very similar to Season 1, immediate reactions online were mixed, if not negative, from die hard track fans. And though there are many things to criticize about SPRINT, I found this season to be really good, and I actually appreciate this season more than the first. Today I highlight some...

In a recent interview with the High Performance Podcast, Usain Bolt spoke about why he retired in 2017 instead of 2016. Throughout history, some athletes retired exactly when they wanted to, some were pressured to retire later, some athletes are still competing and fans are calling on them to retire. Is there ever a great time for an athlete to retire? Usain Bolt Interview: https://youtu.be/WUw1Wm...

Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine recently won European Athlete of the Year for 2024 after winning Olympic Gold and breaking the long standing High Jump World Record of 2.10m. In an interview though, she stated that she still has room for improvement and could possibly jump 2.15m one day. European Athletics Article: https://www.european-athletics.com/news/athlete-of-the-year-and-world-record-holder-m...

16 year-old rising Australian star Gout Gout recently announced he signed with Adidas and will be moving to Florida to train with Noah Lyles under Lance Brauman for a few weeks. ABC News Australia article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-05/gout-gouts-ascent-from-the-eyes-of-manager-james-templeton/104564264 -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twit...

In a recent interview with Deporcuba TV, 2024 Olympic Champion Marileidy Paulino said that she will definitely break the long standing Women's 400m World Record of 47.60 set back in 1985 by Marita Koch. This record is not easy, but can Paulino do it? Full Article (in spanish): https://www.deporcuba.com/marileidy-paulino-el-record-mundial-de-400m-es-mi-meta/ -------------------------------- Host: A...

World Record vs Olympic Gold. A debate that has gone on forever between athletes and fans on which is more valuable. In a recent poll, between 100m legends Donovan Bailey, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, the majority of people selected Asafa Powell as the the person who has a greater 100m career, while Donovan Bailey was selected the least. This was interesting considering Powell, thoug...

Marileidy Paulino dominated the 2024 season by winning Olympic Gold in 48.17 seconds, making her the 4th fastest woman ever over 400m. But even more importantly, she has been leading arguably the greatest generation of 400m running since the 1980s. -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson...

Sydney McLaughlin Levrone has frequently been asked why she doesn't race very often each year. But is it true that she barely races? And why do fans always ask for her to run more frequently? -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channe...

-------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠ 🎧⁠Subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts⁠ --------------------------------------------

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Julien Alfred became the first athlete in Saint Lucia's History to ever win an Olympic medal in any sport. But the country's path to the Olympics for Saint Lucia started decades before and was not an easy one. -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter...

Today Let's Discuss the the Greatest American 100m Sprinters of All-Time. Check out Myself and Coach Rob breaking down this topic back in April 2024 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yial_cRWWck&t=0s -------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final L...

With the 2024 Track & Field Season completed, Let's discuss the Top-10 Men in the Sprints, Jumps and Hurdles this year. --------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠ 🎧⁠Subscri...

With the 2024 Track & Field Season completed, Let's discuss the top 10 Women in the Sprints, Jumps and Hurdles this year. --------------------------------- Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter SUPPORT THE PODCAST 📱 Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter 🎥 ⁠⁠Subscribe to The Final Leg YouTube channel⁠⁠ 📱Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠@thefinalleg on Instagram⁠⁠ 🎧⁠Subsc...